House lawmakers advance bills on acquisition security, IT procurement
Summary
House lawmakers have advanced a raft of bills aimed at bolstering supply chain security efforts, streamlining technology purchases and increasing cross-agency sharing of software code. And required members would include the administrator for federal procurement policy, as well as the deputy director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. The oversight committee on Wednesday also unanimously approved the “Federal Improvement in Technology (FIT) Procurement Act.” The bill would authorize agencies to make advanced payments for cloud computing services. Lawmakers on the House oversight committee also passed another Peters companion bill: the Source Code Harmonization and Reuse in Information Technology (SHARE IT) Act. The legislation includes exceptions for national security systems, classified software, or code that would create risks to individual privacy if disclosed.